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GENERAL STATEMENT OF RESPONSIBILITIES
Under general supervision, this position performs complex administrative and professional work in the areas of employee compensation and job classification. The Classification & Compensation Manager oversees all aspects of the City's compensation and classification programs to ensure competitiveness, internal equity, legal compliance, accuracy, and alignment with organizational goals. Work involves leading compensation plan administration, salary structure maintenance, job evaluation, market analysis, and advising departments on compensation-related decisions. Reports to the Director of Human Resources and/or designee.
ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS
Develops and interprets the City’s compensation philosophy and recommends revisions to maintain competitiveness and alignment with market trends and City policies. Manages and maintains the City’s Compensation Plan, including step plans, open ranges, and specialized pay structures. The role gathers, analyzes, and interprets compensation data and recommends adjustments to the salary structure based on market movement and internal equity. Oversees in range adjustments, compression analyses, and competitive wage reviews and provides written recommendations and justification. The position also serves as the subject matter expert for compensation policies, ensuring consistent application and compliance with FLSA and applicable state and local wage laws. Ensures job descriptions and classification specifications accurately reflect duties, responsibilities, and qualifications and updates or reclassifies positions as needed.
The Manager conducts job analyses using desk audits, questionnaires, and interviews and determines appropriate classification and FLSA status. Maintains the classification structure and job families and advises departments on job redesign, organizational restructuring, and career progression pathways. Conducts and participates in salary surveys, responds to external survey requests, and maintains competitive labor market datasets. The position performs complex market analyses, including benchmarking, regression modeling, and internal equity reviews, to support pay recommendations. Prepares and presents reports, dashboards, and recommendations to department directors, HR leadership, and executive stakeholders to support data informed decision making. Maintains compensation related data within HRIS systems and oversees job codes, pay grades, FLSA designations, and other classification fields. The role partners with HRIS administrators to ensure accuracy and consistency in all compensation and classification information. Builds and maintains analytics related to turnover, pay compression, staffing patterns, and salary expenditures to inform policy and program decisions.
Provides guidance to department heads, managers, HR Business Partners, and City leadership regarding compensation and classification practices. The position collaborates with Budget and Finance to model salary projections, pay plan adjustments, and fiscal impacts of compensation and classification recommendations. Supports recruitment efforts by advising on starting salary placement, market competitiveness, and talent alignment. The role also develops and delivers training and communication tools to explain compensation policies, pay practices, and organizational impacts. The position may be responsible for the effective supervision and administration of assigned staff, including prioritizing and assigning work, performance management, employee relations, and related activities in areas such as budget preparation, expenditure monitoring, and payroll management. Assists with special projects, program evaluations, and operational improvements that enhance departmental efficiency and service delivery. Performs other duties as assigned.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD
Employees at all levels are expected to effectively work together to meet the needs of the community and the organization through work behaviors demonstrating the City’s Values. Employees are also expected to lead by example and demonstrate the highest level of ethics.
REQUIRED KNOWLEDGE
Compensation - Comprehensive knowledge of compensation principles and practices, including salary structures, step plans, open ranges, broad banding, and specialized pay systems. Classification – Comprehensive knowledge of job evaluation methodologies, job analysis techniques, and classification systems (including job families and career ladders). Employment Law & Compliance — Knowledge of federal, state, and local laws affecting compensation and classification, including FLSA, EEOC guidelines, ADA considerations, pay equity statutes, and wage and hour regulations. Understanding of public sector rules, civil service frameworks, and collective bargaining impacts on compensation. Statistical Mathematics – statistical methods and compensation analytics, such as regression modeling, compa-ratio analysis, range penetration, pay compression diagnostics, and market index calculations.
REQUIRED SKILLS
Judgement/Decision Making – Ability to use logic and reasoning to understand, analyze, and evaluate situations and exercise good judgment to make appropriate decisions. Data Interpretation & Analytical Skills – Utilizes a personal computer with word processing, spreadsheet, financial analysis, and data management software to complete administrative and analytical tasks with accuracy and efficiency. Demonstrates skill in using HRIS and data analytics tools to extract, analyze, model, and report compensation information.
Interpersonal Relationships – Develops and maintains cooperative and professional relationships with employees at all levels of management to include representatives from other departments and organizations. Effectively handles inquiries, complaints from or disputes with patrons and staff from outside agencies.
Coordination of Work - Ability to establish and implement effective administrative programs and procedures. Ability to plan and organize daily work routine. Establishes priorities for the completion of work in accordance with sound time-management methodology. Performs a broad range of supervisory responsibility over others.
Communication –Excellent ability to listen and understand directions, information and ideas presented verbally and in writing. Ability to handle a variety of customer service issues with tact and diplomacy and in a confidential manner. Analytical & Strategic Abilities - Ability to interpret and apply compensation policies, ensuring consistent application across the organization. Ability to model salary projections, estimate fiscal impacts, and support strategic workforce and budget planning.
EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE
Requires a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration, Human Resources, Finance, Accounting, or a closely related field, and 5–7 years of progressively responsible experience in compensation administration, job evaluation and classification, market analysis and wage studies, FLSA compliance and exemption testing, and HRIS data management related to job codes, pay grades, and classification fields. An equivalent combination of education and experience may be considered, preferably in a public sector or human resources environment. Professional Human Resources certifications such as SHRM-CP/SCP, HRCI PHR/SPHR, or CCP are desirable. One to two years of lead or supervisory experience is preferred.
ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS
An acceptable general background investigation to include a local and state criminal history check and a valid driver’s license with an acceptable driving record.
PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS
Requires the ability to exert light physical effort in sedentary to light work. Some lifting, carrying, pushing and/or pulling of objects and materials of light weight (5-10 pounds). Tasks may involve extended periods of time at keyboard or workstation.
SENSORY REQUIREMENTS
Some tasks require the ability to perceive and discriminate sounds and visual cues or signals. Some tasks require the ability to communicate orally.
ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURES
Essential functions are regularly performed without exposure to adverse environmental conditions.
Pay: $105,000.00 - $125,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- Dental insurance
- Disability insurance
- Employee assistance program
- Flexible spending account
- Health insurance
- Health savings account
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- Parental leave
- Referral program
- Retirement plan
- Tuition reimbursement
- Vision insurance
People with a criminal record are encouraged to apply
Education:
Experience:
- compensation administration: 9 years (Required)
Work Location: In person
